What a strange and completely nonsensical rumor to spread. I almost want to believe this is projection somehow, but that can't be the case

I agree, I think you should consider talking about deres and the media ramifications that haruhi suzumiya could totally beat Goku in an arm wrestling match

Sometimes you have to make things to afford to make things you want to make

Maybe? I assumed the difference was that werewolves are technically undead or not living. I'm not too sure, myself

From my very limited understanding, it's because werewolves are considered liminal beings, which means they exist on the line between life and death. Big foot is alive

Interesting. Having to experience death but it not being permanent would definitely be a whole ordeal. Sounds like a promising premise

Well, maybe. I'm kind of leaning towards a more, 'harder than it looks' vibe. Like a player of many normal games gets stuck in a virtual world and the skills don't transfer, or a magic obsessed nerd goes to a world of sorcerors and it's real weird and gross in reality

To be fair, this is a fairly new genre for me, so if I were to write it I would approach it with more of a 'woke up in new reality' thing, a naive character exploring a new world badly. I'd maybe lean away from heavy numbered progression / power scaling stuff, so progression fantasy could also apply

No worries about that. I'm more than happy to get as much data as I can, to be honest!